The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Nick Hubel Cornerback Elijah-Blu Smith (22), offensive lineman Tim Walter (57), and defensive tackle Guy Miller (66) stretch their legs at the south entrance to Moby Arena Thursday afternoon. The team was forced inside because of the threat of lightning.

While inclement weather may have cancelled Thursday afternoon's practice, turning it into a basic walk through inside Moby Arena, CSU head football coach Steve Fairchild remains confident that the team will play the annual spring game on schedule Saturday morning, despite the forecasted snowstorm.

"The main thing is we want to get Saturday's practice slash game in," Fairchild said on Thursday. "It would have to be really bad weather for us to not go out there. I think if it's raining or snowing we'll just clear the field and still go."

The spring game that features the Ram offense versus the Ram defense is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at Hughes Stadium and is open to the public so they can get an early preview of how the 2009 CSU football team looks in person.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about this team and just how exactly they will respond after losing their starting quarterback and running back from 2008's New Mexico Bowl Championship season.

In line to start at running back next season is junior John Mosure, who is ready to perform on Saturday.

"Saturday we're just looking to go out there and execute, especially offensively at running back," said the Miami, Fla. native. "We're going to try to get all of our assignments correct, we've had trouble being consistent this spring so hopefully we can do that as a unit.

"We really want to go out there and beat the defense because spring is the only time we have to compete against them. Because when it comes fall we're competing against the Mountain West and all those other teams."

While Mosure, along with junior college transfer Leonard Mason, will try to execute out of the backfield, junior quarterback Jon Eastman, a transfer from Snow College in Utah, will have his first opportunity to display his ability to Ram fans this weekend. He too is looking forward to taking care of the defense as he continues to compete for the starting quarterback role with senior Grant Stucker.

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